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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 7,092 people in 124 countries continues to help 35.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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Overview of UNHCR's operations in Asia and the Pacific

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in Asia and the Pacific

24 September 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Resettlement programme for refugees from Bhutan passes 50,000 mark

17 August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Power and politics in resettlement: a case study of Bhutanese refugees in the USA

May 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Resettlement programme for refugees in Nepal passes 40,000 mark

13 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Resettlement Fact Sheet, August 2010

July 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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